Medieval mystics

Hetta Howes reveals the extreme lengths to which women in the Middle Ages went to get closer to God

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Published: April 5, 2018 at 5:07 pm

Medieval historian Hetta Howes reveals the extreme lengths to which women in the Middle Ages went to get closer to God and discusses how mystics were perceived by their contemporaries

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